In Illustrator CS5 there was a neat little trick where you select the first sublayer, then hold down the option key on the Mac and slowly scroll and it would keep adding selections so you could group a long list of sublayers. That doesn't work in Illustrator CS6...instead it attempts to move the first selection by dragging it.

Anyone know of a way to do this in CS6?

I've tried selecting the first and last while holding the shift key, it doesn't select what's inbetween the two. Any suggestions?

http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone.aspx?pg=20984

Anyone using this? Opinions?

Currently, (Illustrator CS5) the arc or envelope warp function uses the CONTENTS of a clipping path, whether masked or not, rather than the BOUNDS OF THE CLIPPING PATH, to determine the bounding box to start the warp/arc from.

I wish the arc/warp mechanics worked like they do for align. What's visible with the clipping path on the art is what is aligned to. (Not everything underneath that clipping path that's not even visible [unless you are in wireframe mode]).

I'm trying to find a way to distort (arc) rectangular art that bleeds (and usually has lots extraneous art hidden under the clipping path) without Illustrator using the extraneous art to calculate the arc. Anyone know of a plug in for Illustrator where Illustrator would "ignore" this extra and just use the shape of the clipping path as the "active" area to calculate the warp? (The extra stuff can go along for the arc/warp...I just don't want it overly distorting the art where it sticks out a lot on one side or another.)

If not Illustrator...anyone know of any system that will do this? A few years ago I witnessed Esko's warping...and to my dismay....it worked just like Illustrator.

I've quickly tried Illustrator CS6...but it seems to do the same...unless I'm missing something.

Any ideas?

Currently I have to rip into the art and manually clip it back (photos and vector) so it doesn't extend past the bleed so this doesn't happen.